Joshua Rivera

Facebook tests a new messaging feature, Snapguide comes to iPad, Path will now catalog all of your social media, and Steam for Linux enters public beta.

Update to Messaging and a TestFacebook has updated its messaging service to include new options for inbox filtering: basic and strict. Basic filtering allows messages from your friends, friends of friends, and others who may have your contact info via Messenger for Android (which doesn't require a Facebook account) or another group member of an event you're listed in. They're also launching a test among a small number of Facebook users that will let them pay $1 to send a message to the inbox of someone they're not connected with, instead of the "Other" folder where it's likely to be missed. [Facebook Newsroom]

Snapguide - Now on iPadSnapguide, the iPhone app that lets you easily create and share how-to guides has made its way over to the iPad with some improvements. The iPad version of the app features bigger images, improved creation tools, and a magazine-style layout for better browsing. [Snapguide blog]

Path Boosts Social Discovery for its 5 Million Users with the Addition of Search and Nearby FeaturesPath, the mobile-only social network, updated its iOS and Android apps today to include a new feature called Path Search. Search will index all your content on the network—in addition to what you have on Foursquare, Facebook, and Instagram, if you authorize it to—as a way of preserving your digital "memories" so you can find and recall them with friends. Also in the update is Nearby, which uses location data to pull up relevant content from your network—things your friends did there, photos taken, and other similar info. [The Next Web]

Steam for Linux Beta Now Open to the PublicVideo game digital distribution service Steam's closed beta for Linux is finally open to the public. Linux users can now download the latest release now, and purchase games to play from a growing library of 39 compatible (mostly indie) titles. [Ars Technica]

Official Mac OS X client for Ubuntu OneCloud Storage service Ubuntu One's official Mac OS X client has finally exited beta. The official release is now available for download, and it comes with a large number of bug fixes and updates, including a status icon for the menu bar, automatic updates, and now continues to run in the background after the app is quit. [Ubuntu One Blog]